The 2023 edition of Fantastic Fest is packed with great genre titles from around the world. Alongside some of the hottest hits from the festival circuit this year, it has some enticing premières lined up, and a handful of cult oldies which you may never have seen before but probably should.

The festival runs from 21 to 28 September.

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The People's Joker
The People's Joker
An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.
You'll Never Find Me
You'll Never Find Me
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave.
The Deep Dark
The Deep Dark
Miners are forced to take a professor underground with them, to take samples for his measurements. After a landslide prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, unknowingly waking up a bloodthirsty creature.
Stopmotion
Stopmotion
About a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother.
Out Of Darkness
Out Of Darkness
In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. When they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.
River
River
One winter in Kibune, Kyoto, people find themselves stuck in a two minute time loop. As others try to work together to find out what's going on, one woman finds herself increasingly isolated.
Cobweb
Cobweb
An experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
Eileen
Eileen
Set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counsellor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.
Concrete Utopia
Concrete Utopia
Survivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.
There's Something In The Barn
There's Something In The Barn
An American family fulfils their dream of moving back to the old country after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.
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Fantastic Fest Features

A film that sticks in your throat
Robert Morgan on puppets, obsession, inevitability and Stopmotion
The believers
Jenn Wexler on exploring her favourite horror tropes in The Sacrifice Game
The diner at the end of time
Francis Galluppi talks about making The Last Stop In Yuma County
A taste of honey
Nicholas Tomnay on the corporate nightmare in What You Wish For
When Hollywood met Manchester
Jake West on the story behind Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow
Bodily pleasures
Joe Lynch on Lovecraft, sex, horror and comedy in Suitable Flesh
All the fun of the fair
The Adams family discusses Where The Devil Roams
Caligula and the Emperor’s New Clothes
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